Associate Chief Nurse - Operations and Patient Experience (IPC)

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior nurse leader to join the International and Private Care Directorate at our world-class childrens hospital. The postholder will be one of the team of senior leaders who has accountability for the operational performance of the directorate; the Associate Chief Nurse will play a pivotal role in ensuring that exceptional quality, safety and patient experience standards are maintained and improved.The post of Associate Chief Nurse - Operations and Patient Experience (International and Private Care Directorate) will lead a team in providing a responsive service at Great Ormond Street. International and Private Care (IandPC) treats and cares for children with an unrivalled range of over 60 medical and surgical conditions including haematology, oncology, BMT, CAR-T, immunology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, ENT, metabolic and nephro-urology disorders. IandPC has an establishment of approximately 300 clinical and non-clinical staff, across a dedicated bed pool of 53 inpatient beds and ten outpatient rooms. When appropriate, funded beds on NHS wards are used for specific patient pathways such as intensive care, cardiac, nephrology and neurosurgery. As the ACN you will lead the nursing team across the relevant areas within the Directorate.Main duties of the job

You will provide professional and clinical nursing leadership, advice and development, and contribute to Trust-wide and national projects. You will have significant experience at a senior nursing level in a relevant childrens in-patient environment. You must demonstrate strong leadership in the management, professional and operational delivery of high-quality clinical care standards across the Directorate, ensuring that children are always treated with dignity and respect. As part of the Senior Leadership Team, the Associate Chief Nurse will work collaboratively with the Managing Director International, Clinical Director IandPC and Deputy Director IandPC to assure the Executive Team and Trust Board that robust systems of governance and performance management are in place to deliver high quality child and family-centred care and services. You will also provide strong, effective visible leadership and be a positive role model, as part of a successful senior nursing team, supporting the delivery of excellent nursing care across the hospital.Requirements and qualifications

EssentialSignificant experience at a senior nursing level in a relevant childrens in-patient environmentSignificant experience at a senior operational level in a private hospital or NHS private patient unitStrong leadership, staff management and team-building skillsExperience of workforce planning, role redesign and recruitmentTrack record in retaining nursing staff and staff development/succession planningExperience in governance, performance management and quality improvementExperience in leading transformational changeExperience working with children and families to improve patient experienceExperience in clinical audit, benchmarking and medicine/clinical improvementsManagement of complaints, incidents and learning and safeguarding concernsFinancial management experienceExperience dealing with complex issues in political/demanding stakeholder environmentsCurrent UK professional registration (RN Child with NMC) and relevant degreesDesirablePost-registration qualification and/or management trainingCoaching or mentoring qualificationExperience leading clinical developments/change in childrens careSkills and attributes

Excellent interpersonal, managerial, organisational and influencing skillsExcellent written and verbal communication and presentation skillsDemonstrable clinical, operational and strategic leadershipAbility to develop and lead teams and to operate at operational and strategic levelsAbility to contribute to the Trust strategic vision and the Vision for nursingMentoring/clinical supervision capability and staff developmentJudgement, credibility and professional integrityFinancial, workforce planning and redesign skillsAbility to give clinical advice and contribute to business planningPersonal attributesAbility to influence professionally and with compassion and integrityValues-based leadership with honesty and humilityOther information

Disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure to the DBS will be required.Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information, see the UK Visas and Immigration guidance. UK criminal records guidance for overseas applicants is also provided in this job description.UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.Employer details

Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 3JH. Website: ..... full job details .....